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Narasiṃhapurāṇa, circa 1700-1850.
नरसिंहपुराण
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2360
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Standardized Title:
- Puranas. Narasiṃhapurāṇa
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Monsters.
- India.
- Vishnu (Hindu deity).
- Narasiṃha (Hindu deity).
- Avatars (Religion).
- Yama (Hindu deity).
- Hindu mythology.
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
- Monsters--India.
- Hiraṇyakaśipu.
- Genre:
- poems
- prayers (compositions)
- hymns
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (152 leaves) : paper ; 13 x 30 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2360
- Other Title:
- Nṛsiṃhapurāṇa.
- Lakṣmīnṛsiṃhapurāṇa.
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Text praising the Hindu deity Viṣnu, especially his manifestation as the Man-Lion (Narasiṃha). Contains mythology especially related to the avatāras of Viṣṇu and or a number of related demons such as Hiraṇyakaśipu; there is also a version of the Yamagītā, a song dedicated to the Vedic god of death. There is a contents page/index (anukrama) at the end of the manuscript (f. 150r).
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 149v); alternate title Nṛsiṃhapurāṇa from folio abbreviations throughout, upper left verso; second alternate title Lakṣmīnṛsiṃhapurāṇa, from title page (f. 1r).
- Written in 10-12 lines per leaf.
- 152 leaves foliated 1-128, 128, 128-150, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīnarasiṃhapurāṇe sūtabhāradvājādisaṃvāde sarvaduḥkhoharaṃśrīsamāpte narasiṃhapurāṇe śrīrastuḥ // śrīkalpāṇamastuḥ // śrīśubhaṃ bhavatuḥ // śrīḥ // chaḥ // śrīḥ // śrī // śrī // śrī /// śrī // śrī // śrī // śrī // śrī // śrī // (f. 149v).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
- Non-Latin script record.
- Cited in:
- Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1083 (UP 2360).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2360
- OCLC:
- 794176942
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